## Avodah Zarah Daf 67b

###### Avodah Zarah 67b:1
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טַעְמוֹ וְלֹא מַמָּשׁוֹ — אָסוּר, וְאֵין לוֹקִין עָלָיו, וְאִם רִיבָּה טַעַם לִפְגָם — מוּתָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
But if only **the flavor of** the forbidden food is recognizable in the mixture, **but not its substance,** as it was completely dissolved into the permitted food, the mixture **is forbidden, but one is not flogged for** consuming **it. And if** the forbidden food **amplified the flavor** of the permitted food **to its detriment,** it is **permitted.**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:2
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וְלֵימָא: אִם נָתַן טַעַם לִפְגָם — מוּתָּר! הָא קָמַשְׁמַע לַן, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיכָּא מִילֵּי אַחְרָנְיָיתָא דְּפַגְמַהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ, וְהִלְכְתָא כְּלִישָּׁנָא בָּתְרָא דְּרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** then **let** Rabbi Yoḥanan **say: If** the forbidden food **imparts flavor to** the **detriment** of the mixture, it is **permitted.** Why does he use the term: Amplified? The Gemara answers that **this** is what Rabbi Yoḥanan **teaches us: That even if there are other substances that detracted** from the flavor of the mixture **along with** the forbidden food, e.g., insufficient salt or excessive seasoning, this is not taken into consideration; since the forbidden food detracted from its flavor, the mixture is permitted. The Gemara comments: **And the *halakha*** is **in accordance with the last version** of the statement **of Reish Lakish.**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:3
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אָמַר רַב כָּהֲנָא: מִדִּבְרֵי כּוּלָּם נִלְמַד נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִפְגָם מוּתָּר. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: בִּשְׁלָמָא מִכּוּלְּהוּ לְחַיֵּי, אֶלָּא דְּרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ — ״אָמְרוּ״ קָאָמַר, וְלֵיהּ לָא סְבִירָא לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Kahana says: From the statements of all** the *amora’im* who were cited, namely, Shmuel, Rabbi Yoḥanan, and Reish Lakish, **we learn** that if a forbidden food **imparts flavor** to a permitted food **to** the **detriment** of the mixture, it is **permitted. Abaye said to him: Granted, from all** the rest **of them** this conclusion **is very well; but** how can this be concluded from the statement **of Reish Lakish? He says** only that the Sages **said** that if a forbidden food imparts flavor to a permitted food to its detriment, the mixture is permitted. Perhaps he is only citing what others said **and he himself does not hold accordingly.**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:4
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מִכְּלָל דְּאִיכָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר: נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִפְגָם — אָסוּר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks with regard to Rav Kahana’s statement: **By inference, is there one who says** that if a forbidden food **imparts flavor** to a permitted food **to** the **detriment** of the mixture, it is **forbidden?**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:5
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אִין, וְהָתַנְיָא: אֶחָד נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִפְגָם וְאֶחָד נוֹתֵן טַעַם לְשֶׁבַח — אָסוּר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: לְשֶׁבַח — אָסוּר, וְלִפְגָם — מוּתָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answer: **Yes, and** this opinion **is taught** in a *baraita*: **Both** in a case where the forbidden food **imparts flavor to** the **detriment** of the flavor of the permitted food, **and** in a case where it **imparts flavor that enhances** the permitted food, the mixture is **forbidden;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Shimon says:** If it **enhances** the flavor it is **forbidden, but** if it causes it **detriment** it is **permitted.**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:6
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מַאי טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר? גָּמַר מִגִּיעוּלֵי גוֹיִם, גִּיעוּלֵי גוֹיִם לָאו נוֹתֵן טַעַם לִפְגָם הוּא? וְאָסַר רַחֲמָנָא, הָכִי נָמֵי לָא שְׁנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: **What is the reasoning of Rabbi Meir? He derives** this *halakha* **from** the case of vessels of **gentiles** that require **purging,** i.e., vessels that gentiles used for cooking, which the Torah requires that one purge through fire and ritually purify before they may be used by Jews (see Numbers 31:22–23 and mishna on 75b). **Is it not** the case that vessels of **gentiles** that require **purging impart flavor** to food that is cooked in them **to** their **detriment?** Since time has passed since the gentiles cooked non-kosher food in the vessels, the flavor that the vessels transmit to food that a Jew cooks in them is certainly detrimental, **and** yet **the Merciful One deems** their use **prohibited** without purging. **So too,** the case here **is no different,** and even if the flavor imparted by the forbidden food is a detrimental one, the mixture should be forbidden.


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:7
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וְאִידַּךְ? כִּדְרַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב חִיָּיא, דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב חִיָּיא: לֹא אָסְרָה תּוֹרָה אֶלָּא קְדֵירָה בַּת יוֹמָא, דְּלָא לִפְגָם הוּא. וְאִידָּךְ? קְדֵירָה בַּת יוֹמָא נָמֵי אִי אֶפְשָׁר דְּלָא פָּגְמָה פּוּרְתָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the opinion of **the other** *tanna*, Rabbi Shimon, who deems the mixture permitted if the flavor imparted is detrimental, can be explained **in accordance with** the opinion **of Rav Huna, son of Rav Ḥiyya; as Rav Huna, son of Rav Ḥiyya, says:** With regard to the vessels of gentiles, **the Torah prohibits only a pot** that was used for cooking **on that** very **day, which does not** yet impart flavor **to** the **detriment** of the food cooked in it. Rather, the flavor that it imparts is not considered detrimental. **And** the opinion of **the other** *tanna*, Rabbi Meir, can also be explained in accordance with this statement, as in his opinion, **even** in the case of **a pot** that was used for cooking **on that** very **day, it is not possible that it does not detract** from the flavor of food that is subsequently cooked in it even **slightly.**


###### Avodah Zarah 67b:8
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וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, מַאי טַעְמָא? דְּתַנְיָא: ״לֹא תֹאכְלוּ כׇּל נְבֵלָה לַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ״, כָּל הָרְאוּיָה לַגֵּר — קְרוּיָה נְבֵילָה,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And what is the reasoning** of **Rabbi Shimon?** It is **as it is taught** in a *baraita* that from the verse: **“You shall not eat of any unslaughtered animal carcass; you may give it to the resident alien [*la’ger*] who is within your gates,** that he may eat it” (Deuteronomy 14:21), it is derived that with regard to animal carcasses, **anything that is fit for a *ger*** *toshav* to consume **is called an unslaughtered carcass** and is forbidden,